A staff member conducts disinfection at a hospital in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, July 21, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, including 11 imported cases and eight locally-transmitted ones.
All of the new locally-transmitted cases were reported in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
One new suspected COVID-19 case, which was imported from outside the mainland, was reported in Shanghai Municipality.
No deaths related to the disease were reported Wednesday.
